Rein-holder



(No Model.)

W. F. TUBMAN.

REIN HOLDER. r Patented June 4,1889.

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UNITED STATES IVILLIAM F. TURMAN, OF

WEATHERFORD, TEXAS.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,579, dated June 4.,1889. Application filed February 12, 1889. I Sen'al No. 299,592. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. TUBMAN, of Weatherford, in the county ofI a-rker and State of Texas, have invented anew and useful Improvementin Rein-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in rein-holders, and has for itsobject to provide a device of simple, durable, and effectiveconstruction, and capable of ready attachment to a vehicle; and theinvention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View, andFig. 3 is a side elevation. I

The body of the device consists of a base plate 10, having producedtherein at one end a transverse slot 11 and at or near the opposite enda semicircular slot 12. At each side of the slot 11 a transverse rib orflange 13 is projected from the under face of the baseplate at a rightangle thereto, as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The flanges 13 areadapted to facilitate the attachment of the device to the vehicle-thefront or dash-board, for instancethe said flanges in this event beingmade to clasp or engage with opposite sides of the dash-board, and bolts14, screws, or equivalent devices are passed through the flanges andthrough the dash-board.

If it is not convenient to bolt the device to the vehicle, it may beattached thereto by means of a strap, the said strap being fastened inany approved manner to any desired portion of the vehicle and passedupward or downward, as found most desirable or convenient, through theslot 11.

Although I have described the device as attached to the dash-board of avehicle by means of the flanges 13, I desire it to be understood thatthe flanges may be made to engage or clamp any convenientprojectingportion of the body of the vehicle without de-- parting fromthe spirit of the invention.

Eetween the end of the base-plate and the semicircular slot 12 a post 15is secured to the upper face of said plate, preferably adjacent to thecenter of the said semicircular slot, and slightly below the right-handextremity of the said semicircular slot 12 another post 16 is secured tothe upper face of the plate,

as best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. Both of the posts extend at aright angle outward from the base-plate, and in the approaching faces ofthe said posts, near the top or outer end of each, a recess 17 isproduced, as best shown in Fig. 3. Upon an approximately centrallongitudinal line between the two slots 11 and 12 a pivotpin 18 isrigidly secured to the upper face of the base-plate, upon whichpivot-pin a lever 19 is fulcru med. The left-hand side, which, forconvenience, I will designate the outer side of the lever, isessentially straight, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the upper end of thelever is cylindrical, as illustrated at 20 in Fig. 3. The inner side ofthe leveris concave, as shown at 21 in Fig. 1. The rear end of the saidlever is provided with an inwardly and outwardly extending curvedprojection or hook 22, the curve of the inner face of which hook orextension constitutes a continuation of the concavity of the inner faceof the lever. The cylindrical upper surface of the lever is made toapproach the upper post 15, and the concaved face of the lip orextension 22 the lower post 16. In the rear extremity of the lever adepression or concavity 23 is formed, adapted to the contour of the ballof the thumb, which depression or concavity is carried upward from thebase-plate in the direction of the outer side of the lever. From theouter face of the lever, at the upper end, a cylindrical flange 24: isprojected, adapted, as the lever is manipulated, to enter, respectively,the recesses 17 of the posts 15 and 16, the said flange also serving toprevent the lines or reins from slipping out when brought in contactwith the cylindrical surface of the lever and the outer post 16, asillustrated in positive lines in Fig. 1. In the forward or upper end ofthe lever a stud 25 is entered from the under surface, which studextends downward through the semicircular slot 12, terminating in a head26, (best shown in Fig. 2,) the lower edge of the wall of which slot 12is rabbeted to receive the said head, as best illustrated at 27 in thesame figure.

The normal position of the lever 15) is illustrated. in Fig. 3, in whichit will be observed that the lever-flange is in engagement with thewalls of the recess formed in the upper or outer post 15 by means of aspring 28, attached at one end to the stud 25 above the head 26 and atthe other end to the outer wall of the semicircular slot 19, as bestillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

If desired, an auxiliary spring may be coiled around the stud 25 betweenthe lever and the main plate to assist the coil-spring 28 in retainingthe said lever in connection with the post 15. The concealed spring isalso intended to be made strong enough to control the lever of itself inthe event that the horizontal spring should break.

In operation, if it is desired to leave a team for a few minutes only,the line or rein is slipped down between the upper end of the lever andthe post 15 to a contact with the cylindrical. surface of the formerbeneath the flange 21, as shown in positive lines in Fig. 1; but if asecure fastening is desired the inner or loop end of the rein is carrieddownward around the post 16 and in cont-act with the extension 22, asillustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. when the reins are in thisposition, they may be drawn back at will, while the animal cannot drawthem forward. If the animal is unruly and it is desired to draw his headback and hold it in such position by drawing inward upon the reins whenin the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 the head of theanimal may be gradually thrown back as far as desired and in anexpeditious manner.

To release the reins, the lever is pressed in the direction of the outerside by placing the thumb in the depression or concavity 23, whereuponthe cylindrical and binding surface of the lever is removed from thepost 15 and the lip or extension :32 from the post 16, thus permittingthe free withdrawal of the reins.

I desire it to be understood thatI do not confine myself particularly tothe contour of the lever illustrzitted, as the same may be somewhatvaried without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Ilfaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a base-plate provided with spaced postsattached to one side thereof, of a lever pivoted to said plate andprovided with a cylindrical surface at one end and an essentiallyhook-shaped extremity atthe opposite end adapted for engagement with.the said posts, substantially as shown and described.

The combination, with a base-plate provided with spaced posts upon onesurface, of alevcr pivoted upon said base-plate, provided with acylindrical surface at one end, with a flange integral with the outerface projecting beyond said cylindrical surface, and an essentiallyhook-shaped extension at the other extremity, all combined for operationsub stantially as shown and described.

The combination, with a base-plate and spaced posts upon one face of thesaid plate grooved on their adjacent sides, of a springactuated leverprovided with a cylindrical surface at one end and a flange projectingfrom the outer face beyond said surface, the opposite extremity of thelever being curved to form, essentially, a hook, the cylindrical surfacebeing adapted for engagement with one post and the hook extremity withthe other post, substantially as shown and described.

i. The combination, with a base-plate provided with a curved slot nearone end and posts projecting at a right angle from one face of the plateat opposite sides of the said slot, of a lever pivoted below the slot,provided with a cylindrical upper end, and a flange projected from theouter surface beyond the said cylindrical end and grooved on their adjacent sides, and a concaved inner face terminating in a hoolcextcnsion,a stud projected downward from the lever through the curved slot, and aspring secured to one wall of the slot and to the said stud, allcombined for operation substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with a base-plate provided with a curved slot nearone end, a transverse slot near the opposite end, a rib or flangeextending downward from the under face of the said base-plate at eachside of the transverse slot, and posts projected from the outer face ofthe said base-plate at opposite sides of the curved slot, of a leverpivoted upon the outerface of the base-plate, provided with an uppercylindrical end surface, and a flange proj ecting from the outer facebeyond the cylin drical surface, a concave inner face, and ahook-extension at the lower end continuous with the said concave innerside, a stud projected downward from the inner face of the lever throughthe curved slot, and a spring connected with one wall. of the slot andthe said stud, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM l TUI'UNIAN.

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